Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection for GERD with esophagitis and hemorrhoids to obtain additional medical opinions regarding secondary service connection.
The deciding factor: The March 2025 VA examiner's opinion is inadequate because it did not address both the 'caused by' and 'aggravation' avenues of secondary service connection associated with the Veteran's conditions.
- Claimed conditions
- GERD with esophagitis, Hemorrhoids
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 10, 2025
- Citation
- A25106517
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